both i tell you what though in one of your episodes and she doesn't merge in the series dorothy wainwright who is a special advisor now i have to tell you going on the guy was one of the few programs invited to an event read only cummings spoke relatively recently dominic cummings presumably is the dorothy wainwright character what have you made of dominic cummings is role in government and his ability seemingly to be much better than your special advisor character well i don't know i mean our special advisor and that of the wainwright is based on marcia williams later lady folk and who is harold's political secretary and who had an extraordinary influence over her wilson and it was very seldom that he went to guess or advice. she wasn't really interested in policy she was interested in the mechanics of government. i think that's rather like dominic cummings though he is a bit interested in policy italy's mainly interested in. gettig powerful. even more civil servants but it not even those who have been trained in the job so people like him who come in from the outside albeit as a clos dim